It's been nearly a century since Detroit was that cold on Dec. 27

Detroit and Flint faced a historically cold day on Wednesday, according to data from the National Weather Service in White Lake.

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A woman shields herself from the cold wind while crossing the street at W. Fort St. and Griswold in downtown Detroit on Tuesday November 18, 2014 as cold weather and snow moves into the area.(Photo: Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo

Detroit and Flint both faced a historically cold day on Wednesday as Detroit tied a record low temperature of -4 degrees and Flint broke a record low temperature reaching -14 degrees, according to online data from the National Weather Service in White Lake.

The last time Detroit was that cold on Dec. 27 was in 1925, when the city recorded the same minus-4 temperature. Before Wednesday, Flint’s coldest Dec. 27 on record was in 1944 at minus-9 degrees.

In its hazardous weather outlook Thursday morning for portions of southeastern Michigan, the National Weather Service in White Lake forecast cold temperatures and wind chills ranging from minus-5 to minus-14 degrees.

“The deep freeze continues over southeastern Michigan,” the White Lake office wrote online. “There will be a slight moderation in temperatures to close out the week. The next arctic front will then blast through the area Saturday night. Well below normal temperatures are forecast to continue well into next week.”

The temperature recorded at Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport at 5:53 a.m. was 0 degrees, and Flint’s temperature at Bishop International Airport as of 4: 53 a.m. was minus-15 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in White Lake.